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Sat Nov-20-04 04:35 PM
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It Is Now Time to Praise Gordon Lightfoot...yes, Gordon Lightfoot |
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Rainy Day People--great stuff!
"Rainy day people don't talk, they just listen `till they've heard it all."
Rainy day people know there's no sorrow they can't rise above."
"Rainy day lovers don't hide love inside they just pass it on..."
C'mon, my babies!
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Sat Nov-20-04 04:36 PM
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1. The Edmund Fitzgerald is the best modern epic written |
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Sat Nov-20-04 04:39 PM
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3. I was going to say he gave us the Edmund Fitzgerald |
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Edited on Sat Nov-20-04 04:39 PM by Droopy
he can't be all bad.
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Sat Nov-20-04 04:40 PM
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Love your sig line...is it new? And yes, I love the EFG...it had a big influence on me when I was a kid living in Minnesoda...
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Sat Nov-20-04 04:42 PM
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6. Thanks on the sig line..what I like about the song is the Celtic overtones |
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and the peaks and valleys in the execution of it..along with the fact that I don't think a better tribute is possible
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Sat Nov-20-04 04:54 PM
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10. Being a Northerner, those peaks and valleys, his sense of |
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Edited on Sat Nov-20-04 04:56 PM by Itascapark
musical seascape would have been in his blood. You're right! It's difficult to try and explain this to someone who hasn't lived in that part of the country. Everyone who has spent any time along the North Shore "gets" The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzs...
James Taylor did a "rewrite" of Edmund years later called "The Frozen Man"
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Sat Nov-20-04 07:39 PM
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25. It's a great soporific |
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The monotonous tone puts me right out.
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Sat Nov-20-04 04:37 PM
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2. does anyone know where the love of God goes |
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when the waves turn the minutes to hours?
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Sat Nov-20-04 04:40 PM
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4. They had a G Lightfoot night on Candian Idol that was great but |
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no Edmund Fitzgerald!! Damn it all!!
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Sat Nov-20-04 04:43 PM
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7. Canadian Railroad Trilogy |
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I love this-a musical history lesson! Plus I learned where the Bay of Basque is!
We are the navvies who work upon the railway Bending our backs in the long baking sun Livin on stew and drinkin' bad whiskey....
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Sat Nov-20-04 04:49 PM
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8. Slightly off topic, but |
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My favourite David Letterman monologue joke from a few months back:
"The Department of Homeland Security has arrested Cat Stevens after landing in the US on a flight from the UK. And they say they're closing in on Gordon Lightfoot as we speak."
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Sat Nov-20-04 05:06 PM
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17. I remember the show...it was great |
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Letterman staying in NYC, unlike Leno, has been able to keep his ire up against bullshit!
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Sat Nov-20-04 04:50 PM
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9. He and the late Harry Chapin are my favorites |
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Edited on Sat Nov-20-04 04:51 PM by Florida_Geek
I hope Gordon gets back to concerts.
Edited to add Songs for a Winter Night
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Sat Nov-20-04 04:56 PM
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Sundown ya better take care If I find you bin creepin' 'round my back stairs
huh. was I surprised.
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Sat Nov-20-04 04:58 PM
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13. sometimes I think it's a sin when I feel like I'm winning |
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Sat Nov-20-04 04:57 PM
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12. Love him: "If you could read my mind," and "Sundown" are my two faves |
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Got tired of Edmund Fitzgerald, but it's a great song.
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Sat Nov-20-04 04:58 PM
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14. And heres the man himself: |
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He's a fine looking guy, isn't he? Sings pretty good, too!
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Sat Nov-20-04 05:01 PM
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15. Was listening to folktown on Sirius a while back and there was a |
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guest disk jockey. Amoung other things he used to be the bassist with Ian and Sylvia. He said they used to go over to Gordon Lightfoot's house all the time and that he had a jukebox in his living room that you actually had to put money in to hear tunes. The jukebox had only Gordon Lightfoot songs in it!!!
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Sat Nov-20-04 05:02 PM
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His father was a man who could never understand The shame on a red man's face So they lived in the hills and they never came down But to trade in the white man's place
It was early in the spring when the snow had disappeared They came down with a bag of skins In the fall of the year of 1910 Daddy died by the rope down in Cherokee Bend.
Daddy didn't like what the white man said 'Bout the dirty little kid at his side Daddy didn't like what the white man did Nor the deal or the way that he lied There was blood on the floor of the government store When the men took his daddy away But the boy stayed back till he come to his end And he run like the wind from Cherokee Bend.
Now the mother was alone and the winter was at hand And she prayed to her spirit kin It was warm in the lodge in the Kentucky hills On the day when the boy came in
Then a blizzard came down and it covered up the door Till they thought that it never would end And he told her the tale of the terrible affair In the government store down in Cherokee Bend
Daddy didn't like what the white man said 'Bout the dirty little kid at his side Daddy didn't like what the white man did Nor the deal or the way that he lied
For three long days and three long nights They wept and they mourned and then She returned to her work and her weavin' And they tried to forget about Cherokee Bend
Now the boy wasn't big but he hunted what he could And they lived for a time that way But the food run low and the meat went bad And she said to the boy one day
I'm leaving tonight and I never will return From the land of my Spirit Kin You must take what you need and trade what you can For a Red Man's grave down in Cherokee Bend
It wasn't very long till she closed her eyes And he wrapped her in a robe He found her a place on the side of the hill And he buried her in the snow
Early in the spring he was seen in the town With his load looking ragged and thin Not a year had gone by till he stood once again In the government store down in Cherokee Bend
He was ten years tall and a Redskin too So he hadn't much face to save And the men sat around and they laughed and they clowned At the talk of a criminal's grave
Then the man from the east didn't smile when he said You're the son of that Indian scum If you value your hide then you better abide By the white man's rules here in Cherokee Bend.
Daddy didn't like what the white man said 'Bout the dirty little kid at his side Daddy didn't like what the white man did Nor the deal or the way that he lied
And he spit on the floor of the government store And it served him to no good end At the close of the day they had taken him away To the white man's school down at Cherokee Bend
It's been 21 years since the boy disappeared Where he run to, nobody knows But they say he fell in with a man named Jim And he rides in the rodeos
And they say he returns all alone to a place Hidden deep in the Kentucky glen And it's pretty well known who hauled up the stone To the grave on the hill above Cherokee Bend
Daddy didn't like what the white man said 'Bout the dirty little kid at his side Daddy didn't like what the white man did Nor the deal or the way that he lied
There was blood on the floor of the government store When the men took his daddy away It was 1910 and they never had a friend When he died by the rope down at Cherokee Bend It was 1910 and they never had a friend When he died by the rope down at Cherokee Ben
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Sat Nov-20-04 05:09 PM
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18. Too Late For Praying - Lyrics even more true today |
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It was only yesterday when I heard the teacher say patiently, "One and two makes three". We were children, you and me. Let us pray for the ones they call the children of today.
Nothing left but promises, nothing much is certain. All we see is want and need across the board. Why thank you, Lord, we're living in the glory of your care.
Skies of blue have all turned brown to the sound of sighing Lord, abide, let us stem the tide of broken dreams. Sometimes You seem to tell us it's too late for praying.
See the ocean wild and blue? Think of all that's in her. She will not surrender to the likes of us, but then she must. They tell us, wise men tell us it's too late.
For each child with eyes that smile, there'll be ten more cryin'. Lord, abide, let us stem the tide of helplessness. But then, I guess, we're livin'. Is it too late for tryin'?
Nothing here but grains of sand. Nothin' much worth savin'. Guess we've all got problems of our own to bear And still we share. Tomorrow could get better than today. To the ones who loved in vain, will you be beholden? Lord, abide, let us stem the tide of broken dreams. Sometimes you seem to tell us it's too late for prayin'.
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Sat Nov-20-04 05:09 PM
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This is the only song I like by him ... i don't think it's as well known as all his dreary drowning at sea songs though ...
Steel Rail Blues
Well I got my mail late last night A letter from a girl who found the time to write To her lonesome boy somewheres in the night She sent me a railroad ticket too To take me to her lovin' arms And the big steel rail gonna carry me home to the one I love
Well I bin out here many a long days I haven't found a place that I could call my own Not a two bit bed to lay my body on I bin stood up I bin shook down I bin dragged into the sand And the big steel rail gonna carry me home to the one I love
Well I bin up tight most every night Walkin' along the streets of this old town Not a friend to tell my troubles to My good old car she done broke down 'Cause i drove it into the ground And the big steel rail gonna carry me home to the one I love
Well I look over yonder across the plain The big drive wheels are poundin' along the ground Gonna get on board and I'll be homeward bound Now I ain't had a home cooked meal And Lord I need one now And the big steel rail gonna carry me home to the one I love
Now here I am with my hat in hand Standin' on the broad highway will you give a ride To a lonesome boy who missed the train last night I went in town for one last round And I gambled my ticket away And the big steel rail won't carry me home to the one I love
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Sat Nov-20-04 05:22 PM
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Gordon Lightfoot is only slightly less than God to me. I can remember exactly where I was and what I was doing when I first heard him sing. I've seen him in concert probably close to 50 times. There is no one like him. No one...
Favorites: Seven Island Suite Too Late for Prayin' If You Could Read My Mind Canadian Railroad Trilogy (I named my kitten "Gaspe" after listening to that song.) every song on the "Summer Side of Life" album.
And he inspired me to learn to play guitar.
:loveya: :loveya: :loveya:
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Sat Nov-20-04 05:38 PM
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21. Strange Sundown was about woman who later was with Belushi when his |
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sun went down.And didn't Belushi cut Lightfoot's guitar strings once in a Saturday Night Live gag?
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Sat Nov-20-04 05:41 PM
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22. Love, love, love Gordon Lightfoot |
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"If you could read my mind" is my favorite of all his songs.
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Sat Nov-20-04 07:19 PM
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23. Christian Island is another great Gordon Lightfoot song.... |
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I’m sailing down the summer wind I got whiskers on my chin And I like the mood I’m in As I while away the time of day In the lee of christian island Tall and strong she dips and reels I call her silver heels And she tells me how she feels She’s a good old boat and she’ll stay afloat Through the toughest gales and keep smilin’ But for one more day she would like to stay In the lee of christian island
I’m sailing down the summer day Where the fish and seagulls play I put my troubles all away And when the gales comes up I’ll fill my cup With the whiskey of the highlands She’s a good old ship and she’ll make the trip From the lee of christian island
Tall and strong she slips along I sing for her a song And she leans into the wind She’s a good old boat and she’ll stay afloat Through the toughest gales and keep smilin’ When the summer ends we will rest again In the lee of christian island
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Sat Nov-20-04 07:38 PM
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24. Hey! How did I miss this! - HUUUGGEEE Fan right here! |
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I love like every tune he's ever released
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Sat Nov-20-04 07:41 PM
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26. Another one of Canada's gifts to the world! |
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Sat Nov-20-04 08:35 PM
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30. Yep. Gordo makes up for Alan Thicke and Giselle McKenzie... n/t |
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Edited on Sat Nov-20-04 08:39 PM by chiburb
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Sat Nov-20-04 08:20 PM
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27. Ballad of the Yarmouth Castle |
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It predates Edmund Fitzgerald by about 10 years, and is even more powerful a song about death on the water.
It is only on Lightfoot's "Sunday Concert" live album, which is one stunning performance from beginning to end. It also includes other remarkable songs from his early songwriting era, including "Apology" and "Canadian Railroad Trilogy".
If you're a Lightfoot fan and haven't heard this album, I recommend you make a point of finding a copy. You absolutely won't be disappointed.
I heard that Lightfoot is on the road to recovery from his near-fatal abdominal aneurysm a year or so ago. I hope he'll once again be able to get back on the road, but I fear his touring days may now be over.
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Sat Nov-20-04 08:38 PM
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31. I know someone who was on the Bahama Star at that time... |
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...on her honeymoon. She helped with the rescue efforts. Her husband was seasick.
I also have that CD. It is a phenomenal performance.
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Sat Nov-20-04 08:25 PM
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I challenge you to listen to that song and not slip away into reverie
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Sat Nov-20-04 08:30 PM
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29. "Out on runway number 9.... |
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Big 707 set to go But I'm stuck here on the grass Where the pavement never grows Where the liqueur tasted good And the women all were fast Well there she goes my friend She's a rollin' down at last"
One of my all-time favorites, "Early Morning Rain"
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Sat Nov-20-04 08:48 PM
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32. I love that one, too.... |
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Gad, that goes back a long time. Shows how damn old I am.
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Sat Nov-20-04 08:55 PM
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I pm'd The Magistrate after our meet-up, asking if everything was ok. He never replied, but I see him posting today so I'll quit worrying...
:-)
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Sat Nov-20-04 09:02 PM
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34. That's good to know.... |
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Maybe he'll respond later.
:shrug:
Did we offend?
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Sat Nov-20-04 09:13 PM
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35. I saw him in concert during the summer of 1983... |
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in Evansville, IN. Now it gets hot and humid in the Ohio Valley in the summer, and it was that night. The guy played for over three hours. I know he sweated his shirt out several times.
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